Haven’t touched Reddit since 7/1 but decided to go back and unsubscribe from every sub today. Figure even if I’m not an active user, I’m also now not a number they can point to as success....
If I had to guess, I'd say they're trying to maximize their market cap. It's no secret that they're looking for a buyer and/or eyeing and IPO. The more profitable they can seem before that, the more money Huffman can walk away with.
I've been informed numerous times by legal counsel that any legal threat which doesn't come via certified mail can be ignored. I am not a lawyer; this does not constitute legal advice in any way.
I had 130K+ karma, and after my eighth "permaban," I decided to stop fighting it. I pissed off a couple of power mods, and they began abusing the report function. Calling them out by name got me "unbanned" every single time, but I'm done at this point.... Reddit is dying, and I don't care.
It was a certain turtle, so it wasn't hard to figure out. And yeah, I'm on eight at this point. Even if I was interested in fighting the good fight again, with the way things are going over there, he'll be back in power in no time. I'm done with that nonsense; I'll go back to Fark if I have to.
I honestly don't think that it will ever get big enough for billionaires to even take notice. Even if we get 10% of the total social media traffic, which is a massive number in and of itself, the sharks are going to be fighting over much larger stakes.
If the fediverse does somehow manage to get large enough to attract the attention of the pigs that run the farm, I suspect they'll just clone the (open-source) code, make their own instance running on another protocol, and throw their weight around to get everyone moved over there.
Relying on the judiciary or the legislature is a bad gamble.
So I've finally been doing my little reddit/twitter migration against my better judgement (my better judgement would say to take the opportunity to get off the internet but who listens to that loser). I'm finding all these platforms interesting, I particularly like how kbin combines both formats and links up to Mastodon, that's...
I was just thinking this morning how much this platform reminds me of Usenet, at least in its cross-server "fediverse." I remember waiting days sometimes for different Usenet servers to sync up so I could get replies to shit I posted a week ago. The lag may not be as drastic with Mastodon/Lemmy/Kbin/whatever, but it's the same basic concept.
None of this, though, makes me nostalgic for the days of newsgroups. That shit was a hot mess, and I'm frankly glad it's effectively gone the way of gopher.
I've been "permabanned" from Reddit eight or so times, with all but the most recent one contested and reversed. Short story: I pissed off a certain turtle, and he made sure to report me for inciting violence every chance he got, which, best I can tell, is a preemptive ban regardless of post content. With this latest one, though, I'm done; I'm not even fighting it. I needed a good kick in the ass to get off of Reddit, and this is it.
I've been "permabanned" for the fourth time in four months. Pissed off a couple of the power mods, and they've been abusing the report button to get me kicked. Always manage to get it reversed once I get through to somebody via the appeals process, but I'm just not feeling it this time.
Damn, the ads…
Haven’t touched Reddit since 7/1 but decided to go back and unsubscribe from every sub today. Figure even if I’m not an active user, I’m also now not a number they can point to as success....
nugget after a long day of napping. ( lemmy.world )
It appears that all the lawyers have been sacked by Spez too - PullPush threatened legal action from Reddit over API access ( forum.pullpush.io )
12+yr redditor DELETED
Just deleted my 12+ year account on Reddit and I’m still feeling weird....
U/SPEZ not popular on place ( lemmy.world )
A current state of Place on Reddit shows seems to seems to be signalling something to u/spez :)
Reddit invites mods to “feedback” conversations with the admins ( www.theverge.com )
Maybe Reddit should’ve done that part first?
Anybody remember Usenet? ( kbin.social )
So I've finally been doing my little reddit/twitter migration against my better judgement (my better judgement would say to take the opportunity to get off the internet but who listens to that loser). I'm finding all these platforms interesting, I particularly like how kbin combines both formats and links up to Mastodon, that's...
Please share your stories/screenshots of being banned from Reddit and/or Subreddits, as well as other social media platforms. ( lemmy.world )
If you still have access to your account, screenshots of the last “offending” post or comment would be great. https://lemmy.world/c/banhammered
Unsure how you feel about scalies, but our pup found this guy hunting on our porch the other day ( media.kbin.social )
Lazy landseal refuses to get out of bed ( media.kbin.social )
This dog looks so cute with this wig 🥰 ( i.ibb.co )
Reddit kills awards and coins ( old.reddit.com )
Jeep girl is Jeepin' ( media.kbin.social )
18+ Reddit banned me for 7 days no reason ( kbin.social )
im currently migrated here if you wondering why i got banned here is context:...